These Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes were very good and I’ll definitely be making them again but with a few modifications which you can read about in the Notes below.

Filling Ingredients:

1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened

¼ cup creamy peanut butter

2 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon milk

Batter Ingredients:

2 cups sugar

1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour

½ cup baking cocoa

1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon baking soda

2 eggs

1 cup water

1 cup milk

½ cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Frosting Ingredients:

1/3 cup butter, softened

2 cups confectioners’ sugar

6 tablespoons baking cocoa

3 to 4 tablespoons milk

Directions:

In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar and milk until smooth; set aside.

In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, water, milk, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened (batter will be thin).

I didn’t have jumbo muffin cups so I used regular muffin cups instead. I ended up with 12 regular sized muffins and 12 mini muffins and batter left over. I nearly ran out of filling and frosting.

Next time I make these, I’ll probably either:

buy a cake mix and use this recipe for the filling and frosting, or

double the filling, multiply the frosting by 1.5 and make 24 regular cupcakes.

I think regular sized cup cakes would be better than jumbo so there’s more filling compared to chocolate cake. I’ve never made jumbo size cupcakes but it seems like there would be too much chocolate cake compared to the peanut butter filling. But I might be wrong.

I also toyed with the idea of making a cake by putting half the batter in a cake pan, topped with the filling and then the rest of the batter. Then frost, of course. I may try that, too – but probably with double the filling.

Born in Kentucky, I am a wife and mom to 1 son and 2 daughters . I have an ink pen obsession, as well as a love for all things planner. I have been married for 10 years to my high school crush. I am a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.